Toward a Theory of Continuous Improvement and the Learning Curve

DOI10.1287/mnsc.44.7.910zbMath0988.90531OpenAlexW2128872389MaRDI QIDQ2783992

Willard I. Zangwill, Paul B. Kantor

Publication date: 8 July 2002

Published in: Management Science (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1287/mnsc.44.7.910

zbMATH Keywords

deminglearninglearning theoryqualityLotkalearning curveVolterraimprovementvalue addedtotal quality managementcontinuous improvementlearning cyclemanagement effectiveness

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Management decision making, including multiple objectives (90B50) Production models (90B30)

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